A/N Okay, thanks to everyone who reviewed. I don't want to give anything away so…Hope you enjoy! R&R!

Disclaimer: If I owned it, which I don't it would be called Life With Dasey!!!

Chapter 3: Always and Forever

"WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM TO THE HOSPITAL!" Nora yelled.

"Excuse me ma'm, but are you the victims mother?" A police officer asked.

Tears were welling up in Nora's eyes. "Yes I am, why?"

"Well, apparently she wrote a letter to each of you individually, and one explaining what happened. You might want to read this before you go to the hospital." The police officer explained handing her the letters.

"O-okay." Nora agreed.

Nora gathered everyone in the living room to talk to them.

"Apparently, Casey left us each a letter…and a letter explaining what happened. I haven't read it yet, so…" Nora read the letter with tears streaming down her face.

"Okay, I guess your wondering why I'm laying dead on the floor, right? Obviously if you're reading this I AM dead. I'm sorry to whoever found me dead, I'm sorry about lying to get you guys out of the house, I'm sorry about everything I did! I committed suicide, don't feel bad for me, or cry over me, be happy! Now that I'm dead, I'm happier! I wasn't happy, I didn't want to be a mother, I wanted to be a NORMAL teenage girl. I'm sorry for whatever pain my suicide might cause you, and if it doesn't cause you in any pain…I guess I made the right choice by committing suicide.

Sincerely,

Casey MacDonald (wish it was Venturi)"

The last part of the letter made Derek cry. "I-I should've proposed to her!" Derek said quietly, while tears were streaming down his face.

"But…what's suicide?" Marti asked, she didn't have a clue of what was going on.

"Suicide is…is when you kill yourself." George explained, he turned away from her so she wouldn't see the tear trickling down his cheek.

"Casey isn't dead, I don't think we should read our individual letters unless she dies." Nora suggested.

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement and they headed towards the car to the hospital.

When they got there, they ran up to the reception desk in the waiting room.

"My daughter came here in an ambulance a few minutes ago, do you know where she is?" Nora asked.

"I remember them taking a girl with long brown hair in, I'm pretty sure she's in surgery."

"Long brown hair? THAT'S Casey! She's in surgery?"

"Yes. You can go wait in the waiting area over there if you'd like. When she gets out of surgery I'll have the doctor come talk you." She said pointing over to a room of seats.

They walked over to the waiting room and sat down, none of them were able to sit still. Everyone was worried about Casey. They waited there for hour upon hour with no word. Seven hours after they got there a doctor came into the waiting room and walked up to them.

"Are you the family of Casey MacDonald?"

"Yes, is…is she okay?" Nora asked.

"Well…we weren't able to get the bullet out…" Nora and Lizzie burst out into tears, Derek was trying to be strong, but he could feel the tears forming in his eyes. "and she has serious head trauma, was anyone there when this happened?"

"Y-yes, I w-was."

"Do you know how she might have gotten the head injury?"

"When she shot herself, she fell backwards, and I guess hit her head. But, she talked once she hit the floor, she said…Bye Derek, I love…then…passed out." Derek told him, starting to cry.

"She won't live much longer with that bullet inside her where it is, we could make another attempt to get it out…that could kill her though, or you can say goodbye, and she'll die on her own. Even if we do get the bullet out, she has serious head injuries and will probably be in a coma for the rest of her life."

"Could you give us a minute to discuss this?" Nora asked.

"Yes, of course." The doctor said and walked out of the room.

"What Casey wanted was to die." Derek reminded them.

"I don't want my baby to die!" Nora cried.

Lizzie just sat there with a dazed look on her face, like she couldn't fully comprehend what was happening. Marti was sitting there confused, and Edwin was looking down at his feet sadly. George was trying to comfort Nora.

"I can't believe this! She wanted to kill herself, but wasn't able to, now we have to decide whether we should kill her, or if they should do more surgery on her!" Lizzie said quietly, trying to comprehend the situation.

"If she gets the surgery, she'll most likely just be a lifeless vegetable for the rest of her life." Derek said.

"Yeah…I can't believe I'm saying this…but…maybe we should just say our goodbyes…and…and….let her d-d-die peacefully." Nora said, choking on her words.

"It's what she wanted, so…" Lizzie said.

The doctor came back in.

"Have you decided? I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I don't know how much longer she will live." That statement made Nora cry even harder.

"We…we decided…to say our goodbyes." George said, he knew Nora wouldn't be able to say it again.

"Very well…follow me." They got up from their seats and followed the doctor through the waiting room doors, into the emergency room. They walked down a long hallway, and through more doors. Then they walked in to a room where a girl was hooked up to a big machine. Her head was covered in a cast, and she had bandages on the right side of her chest. It was Casey.

"CASEY!" Nora screamed and ran over to her. "Casey…I love you…I can't believe you even thought, this wouldn't cause us pain! I know you said not to cry…but you're my baby, and you're not supposed to die before me! Casey…I will always love you, no matter where you are, or what you do!" Nora kissed Casey softly on the cheek. "I'll miss you Casey...goodbye." She kissed her again and then hugged her for about five minutes.

Lizzie walked over to her slowly. "Casey…you're my only sister, I love you SO much. I'm going to miss you giving me advice. I always followed your example. You were perfect Casey! But, now there are a few things I can't follow you on. I love you Casey, I'll think about you all the time and if I ever have a daughter, I'll name her after you, because you're the best sister a girl could have, I thought I'd be saying goodbye to you when we were old and shriveled up, but I'm thirteen! Goodbye Casey…forever" Lizzie bent over and hugged her sister, it was the last time she ever would.

"Derek, do you want to go next?" George asked.

"No, I'll go last."

"Okay…then I'll go I guess." George walked up to Casey. "I only knew you for a little over two years, but I still loved you Casey. I'm going to miss you. Goodbye." George didn't really know what to say. The girl lying on the bed wasn't the Casey he knew. He hugged her, it was the first and last time he would ever hug his step daughter.

"Marti, come here." George said and Marti walked over to where George was standing cautiously. She was scared of Casey. George picked her up. "Do you have anything to say to Casey?"

"Why? I'll just see Casey at home." George started cry softly. "Daddy, why are you crying?"

"Because…you won't see Casey at home…she's…she's dieing."

"NO! I don't want Casey to go! I love Casey!" Marti screamed.

"Tell her."

"Casey don't go! I'll miss you! I love you Casey!" Marti yelled.

George carried Marti back over to the other side of the room.

"Edwin...its y-your t-urn." George said.

"Oh…okay." Edwin said he walked over to Casey's bed slowly. "Casey…I know we didn't really talk…or get to know each other that much….but I'll still miss you…you will probably remember me as the guy that walked in on you and Derek. Good bye Casey." Edwin said and walked away from her. "Derek your up."

Derek handed Madison and Michael to Nora and walked over to Casey.

"Casey, you're the love of my life, the mother of my child, the girl of my dreams. You were everything to me. I seriously don't know how I'll live with out you. I'll miss our talks, I'll miss gazing into your eyes, I'll miss everything about you. I'll even miss our fights we had so long ago, because even though we were mean to each other, you were still there. Casey, I'll miss you with every force of my being, you don't even know how much it pained me to see you standing there in a laundry room with the gun pointed at your heart. I wish I was able to stop you. Casey I love you and will miss you…always and forever." Derek whispered to her quietly, then kissed her. He cherished that kiss, because that was their last.

A/N Sorry to people who wanted a happy chapter! I hope you enjoyed. Review and tell me what you think, the more reviews I get the quicker I update!!!! I'm also thinking of changing the title to Last Kiss, tell me what you think!